How to install dask-jobqueue on a HPC

Question

I am trying to use dask-jobqueue on a high performing computer (HPC).

Following the documentation on dask-jobqueue here, I am trying to install dask-jobqueue on an instance of a Jupyter Notebook in the HPC with the following code:

install dask-jobqueue -c conda-forge

but I am getting the following error:

  File "<ipython-input-10-cad837f248c1>", line 1
    install dask-jobqueue -c conda-forge
               ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

I have attached a screenshot here:

I am not sure what I did wrong and what do I do now? Would really appreciate any help.

Many thanks in advance.

Answer 1

It looks like you want to install dask-jobqueue from the conda-forge repository using conda as stated in the docs. But then you should adhere to the full command with the correct syntax:

!conda install dask-jobqueue -c conda-forge -y

Notice the leading ! to execute command line statements directly from the notebook. I also added the -y option of conda to automatically approve the installation of conda packages within a Jupyter notebook.

I am assuming the conda environment is installed on the computer. Otherwise, you should use the alternative with pip:

!pip install dask-jobqueue --upgrade